The 5th Manama Air Power Symposium (MAPS 2024), held under the prestigious patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and supported by the Royal Bahrain Air Force and the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunication, will be held at the Sofitel Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa Sea & Spa, Manama on November 12, 2024. MAPS 2024 is the official conference of Bahrain International Air Show that will take place November 13-15,2024, which has established itself as the most elite business-to-business event on the global airshows calendar with approximately 30,000 trade visitors in and billions of dollars' worth of agreements signed.
MAPS 2024 will bring together a select high-caliber audience of over 300 air force commanders and operators, policymakers, and industry leaders from over 36 countries for the most important regional air power conference in 2024. Strategically timed to pre-curser BIAS, the theme for MAPS 2024 is "Air Power in All-Domain Warfare," where the one-day international conference will discuss the most pressing issues in air power and air defense considering the most recent experiences and lessons learned in theater from operations.
The prestige, scale of participation, and nature of discussions at MAPS provides a valuable platform for defense officials and industry partners alike to stay at the cutting edge of developments, making it an event not to be missed for the international defense and aerospace community.